Production and usage of different types of ash-cakes from <i>Peganum harmala</i> L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Anatolia, Turkey

Authors

  • Onur Koyuncu Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eski?ehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir
  • Dervis Öztürk Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eski?ehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir
  • Ismühan Potoglu Erkara Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eski?ehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir
  • Ömer Koray Yaylaci Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eski?ehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir
  • Murat Ardiç Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eski?ehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v38i2.5152

Keywords:

Peganum harmala L., "Askar" (charcoal), Ethnobotany, Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

Peganum harmala L. (Zygophyllaceae) is burned into ash-cake ("Askar") in Emirdag (Afyon), Middle Anatolia. The plant has been widely known as Üzerlik in Anatolia in addition to other names. In this study, both the production and usages of the ash-cake from Peganum harmala L. in Anatolia has been described. It has ethnobotanical importance in protecting silk and hair and as fumigant.

Key words: Peganum harmala L.; "Askar" (charcoal); Ethnobotany; Anatolia; Turkey

DOI: 10.3329/bjb.v38i2.5152

Bangladesh J. Bot. 38(2): 211-213, 2009 (December)

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Koyuncu, O., Öztürk, D., Erkara, I. P., Yaylaci, Ömer K., & Ardiç, M. (2010). Production and usage of different types of ash-cakes from <i>Peganum harmala</i> L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Anatolia, Turkey. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 38(2), 211–213. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v38i2.5152

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2009)

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Short Communications

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